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On the recordDecember 1, 1974
Well, if these are not the goals of the people of the United States, what they want their President to live up to, then I must draw this conclusion: Either you have the wrong man or I have the wrong country, and I don't believe either is so.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the Boy Scouts' Annual Awards Dinner

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